Provision of microscopes

University College Cork (UCC)

University College Cork invites tenders for the provision of microscopes in three lots:
Lot 1 - inverted microscopes.
Lot 2 - fluorescence microscopes.
Lot 3 - confocal microscopes.
Tenderers may submit for 1 or more of the lots.
Note: to register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders Web Site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=290712. />The awarding authority has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via a "tender submission postbox" facility. Further details of this facility are available at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/PostBox/Postbox_Explain.aspx?ID=290712. />Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. The postbox closes precisely at the time stated.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2011-09-09. The procurement was published on 2011-08-16.

Who?
What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2011-08-16 Contract notice
Contract notice (2011-08-16)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: inverted microscopes
Quantity or scope: Refer to invitation to tender document.
Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Supplies
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Inverted microscopes ๐Ÿ“ฆ

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for one or more lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Postal address: 6 Elderwood, College Rd
Postal town: Cork
Contact
Internet address: http://www.ucc.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: procurement@fin.ucc.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 214903514 ๐Ÿ“ž
Fax: +353 214903535 ๐Ÿ“ 

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-08-16 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2011-09-09 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2011-08-20 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 159-262523
Refers to notice: 2011/S 3-004321
OJ-S issue: 159
Additional information
(ET Ref:290712).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
University College Cork invites tenders for the provision of microscopes in three lots:
Lot 1 - inverted microscopes.
Lot 2 - fluorescence microscopes.
Lot 3 - confocal microscopes.
Tenderers may submit for 1 or more of the lots.
Note: to register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders Web Site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=290712.
The awarding authority has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via a "tender submission postbox" facility. Further details of this facility are available at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/PostBox/Postbox_Explain.aspx?ID=290712.
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Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. The postbox closes precisely at the time stated.
Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: Inverted microscopes
Short description: Refer to tender document.
Quantity or scope: 2.
Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: Fluorescence microscopes
Lot number: 3
Title of the lot: Confocal microscopes
Quantity or scope: 1.
Variants will be accepted โœ…
Reference number: UCC 2011/44
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: University College Cork.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
(1) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an administration order, are not being wound-up, have not granted a trust deed, are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of their estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed and are not otherwise apparently insolvent.
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Refer to invitation to tender document.
Economic and financial standing:
(1) All candidates will be required to provide a statement, covering the 3 previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type to the subject matter of this notice.
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(2) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or extracts from those accounts relating to their business.
Refer to invitation to tender document.
Technical and professional ability: Refer to invitation to tender document.
Contract execution
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: Refer to tender document.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded: Refer to tender document.

Procedure
Tender validity period: 6 months
Tender opening date: 2011-09-09 ๐Ÿ“…
Place of opening: E-tenders
Place: E-tenders
Languages
Language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: University College Cork (UCC)
Contact
Contact point: Procurement
Sean Barry
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01797 ๐ŸŒ
Name: University College Cork (UCC)
Contact point: Procurement & Contracts
URL for further information: http://www.ucc.ie ๐ŸŒ
URL for documents: http://www.ucc.ie ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://www.ucc.ie ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Publication date: 2011-01-05 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: UCC 2011/44
Notice number in the OJ S: 2011/S 3-004321
Source: OJS 2011/S 159-262523 (2011-08-16)